Martial Arts Documentary
IN PRODUCTION Documentary Film • 2025-26

Martial Arts Documentary

Title to be confirmed

About the Film

This documentary follows my immersion into multiple martial arts systems across Asia as a narrative constraint for a long-form film about uncertainty, aging, obsession, and creative survival.

I'm training in Karate, Boxing, Muay Thai, Vovinam, and other regional martial arts. This is not a sports film. This is not a fitness journey. This is not a discipline brand.

Martial arts exist here as a story engine—a way to impose structure, risk, and physical stakes inside a life that has no fixed base.

The Life Project

At 40, I intentionally burned down my life again and walked into something I wasn't qualified for. This time, it's martial arts training across Asia while documenting what happens.

The film is about what you learn when you start over, when you're too old to be a beginner, when you have no idea what you're doing but you commit anyway.

Production Status

  • Status: Principal photography ongoing
  • Filming Locations: Vietnam, Thailand, and other Asian countries
  • Expected Release: 2026 (TBD)
  • Director/Producer: Carl Tomich
  • Narrative Focus: Uncertainty, aging, obsession, creative survival

Production Updates

CURRENT LOCATION

Hanoi, Vietnam → Albania (March 2026)

FILMING PROGRESS

Documenting training across multiple martial arts systems in Asia. Principal photography ongoing with no fixed end date.

WHAT THIS ISN'T

This is not a Muay Thai documentary. This is not a fitness journey. This is not a discipline brand. Martial arts are the constraint, not the subject.

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